Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-04
LADIES' COLUMN.
''AlI the Worlds a Wardrobe, and
all the Girls and Women
Merely Wearers.
The Sky and Woods Furnish Colo,
Hints-High Hats Lowered to
Opera B0nnets.
Hanticraft in the Bome-Queen In the
Kttchsn-Eigh Tea Adorments.
Notes, Etc.

Last week DR.. Talmsge discourset
upon smoke, but as he was kind enough
TO leave part OF the field untouched, TIT
fashion editor will enter and have a little
sermon on smoke, viewed not as q mora
lesson, but as color in dress circles
That is what the most fashionable color
is called, but as to 2 description, the
reader will have to recall all the. pictures
of smoke in memory and from them
eliminate the idea of the tint. Many
have watched the dark column as IL as
cended into the blue ether, have seen the
! lighter masses as they melted against the
bank of white clouds, some have seen the
I brown tinge in smoke from resinous
wood fires; these and all others tend to
make smoke color, and all these varieties
are now to be found in the coloring OF
spring fabrics. Smoke grays will be niue i
sought after, and the blue gray of last
season will be specially desirable.
| Fashion will not, however, contine her
self to any one color, and the wise ones
| speak of various shades of brown and the
! sof. gray green so eminentlY adapted to
springs own colori, g. Look at the
/ lichen, the tender grass, the windfower
and arbutus, the swelling tree-bud and
the dark green of the violet leaf, and a
mistake as to color will hardly be posi-
ole
Doubtless it will be matter of sur
prise to many OF the readers OF this col
umn that the question of colors has be-
come of grave import as to Re quire the
thought of a syndicate, yet such is said to
be the fact, and the cOlors adopted by a
syndicate of Partisan millinerS is now sent
to m0distes in this country. Those for
1887 being something of what has been
written above, delicate rose shades dis
placing the brilliant reds and cardinals of
last year, green half dozen new shades,
and the yellow of the pale primrose
through variations of maize, antique
gold, canary and deep orange. Italy's
Queen loves the purple, and it will be
popular in rich dark tones. Know the
s:emone and the heliotrope, and copy
them.
The flowers are not so small as last
year, but large single blossoms will be
worn, fuchias, morning glOries and mas
turtiums, although exception is made in
favor of lilacs, of which great lunches
will be used.
From the persistent efforts directed
against the high hat IN theaters there
seems little prospect of its survival. IL
each week some suggestion Is found in
the fashion journals as to the construc
ton of head covering which will be less
offensive. The following description will
be OF aid in fashioning so pretty an ad
iQnct to iady's dress as the evening
bonnet: 1t was q snug little capote
trimmed with close drape of pale blue
Grape, which clasped the brim at the top
and passed round the crown to form the
strings. The Grape was laid on in folds
placed as smoothly as the black Grape
on mourning bonnet. Another model
has the crown of g network Of amber
beads. 1t has the close brim of the
French cottage bonnet, which is covered
with golden brown velvet. No bows, no
trimmings OF any sort is employed, save
simple finish OF smber-yelloW tulle
strings. Against SO simple an affair as
this there can be no complaint, us ii
can not prove en- obstruction to the
vision OF any who sit back OF the wearer.
In dress making there are some inao-
vations. A shoulder piece or yoke is
adapted to the bodice, It is cut round like
a collar and the bodice is applied in
small spikes forming circle like neck
lace. In skirt making the bottom
edge OF the front breadth is
slashed in intervals of five or
six inches to allow the foot free play.
The tournure is moderate in size and
should be small hustle Of hair Iyered
with the dress material and benz tn it
three steels arranged to hold out the
drapeTy that in most instances hangs
straight in the bsck. The ladies may
feel some interest in the gowns
OF Miss Patten, who so recently WAS mar
RED to Congressman Glover, and we clip
a description of part of them:
Oh course, the most important toilet was
the wedding robe, 9 grand affair. with
train ninety inches long, of white velour
fEise, or, in plain English, satin heavily
brocaded in velvet, in bold out graC"
fui design. The duchesse lace used on
this dress is liner snd more elegant than
that which the Princess Beatrice wor over
her wedding gown. The design of
flowers and vines is exquisite. and ten
yards Of it, nearly yard deep, are used
to form draperies completely covering
the sides of the dress end held in front
by long sprays and clusters of orange
blossoms. Fifteen yards OF the same
lace, but narrow, trim the edge OF the
train and corsage.
There are two bodies, aud the bride,
Continental fashion, chose to be mar
ried in the high-necked one, with
elbow sleeves. long tulle veil was
worn and Miss Patten carried bou-
quet of lilies of the velley-orchids are
getting too common-and fan with
jeweIed sticks covered with duchesse
lace, in which is interlaid tiny Vatican
painting. From Tiffany's three diamond
necklaces and pendants were sent by Mr..
Glover for the bride to choose from.
The goingaway dress is Of fine wool
bottle-green cloth, over petticoat of
jscket, muff and toque, all edged with
black astrakan, 90 with it. Green seems
to re a favored color, for there are no
less thsn five gowns in different shades.
Perhaps the most effective is e dinner
dress of Ntle-green wstertd silk, the long
train and half-high cOrssge of emerald
silk velvet. Narrow SasheS Of streamerS
of the latter fall over the pale petticost,
and are ingeniously caught together lat
tice fashion. Bands of irridescent jet, in
shaded green, form an edging, end 0 the
bodice are caught airy clusters OF Nile
green Lsste. Garlands of seaweed and
pond lilies and emerald ornaments will
be worn with this dress.
Another gown, also in Nile green, is OF
tulle over silk of the same color, very
simply made. The corsage, pointed
bsck and front, has unique sir impaired
to it By q band Of white ribbon laid on q
which, starting in a jauntY bow on the
left shoulder, is brought down to the
right hip, terminating IN long loops on
the Skirt.
A very handsome visiting costume OF
electric Urav nIush One side of tho SEirt